Browns Hosiery Mills, Inc. v. Russell Hosiery Mills, Inc.

RICH, Judge.

This is a petition to cancel two trademark registrations.

The issue before us is whether the concurrent use on the identical goods, hosiery, as trademarks, of SWEATER KNIT, SWEATER-MATES, and SWEATER SOFT would be likely to cause confusion, mistake, or deception of purchasers as. to the source of the hosiery, within the meaning of section 2(d) of the Trademark Act of 1946, 15 U.S.C. § 1052(d).

Appellant owns the trademark SWEATER KNIT, Reg. No. 678,488 of May 12, 1959. It commenced to use that mark in 1952 and has used it ever since on a line of hosiery products, total sales of…